JaVale McGee vs. Deron Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Deron Williams and JaVale McGee, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

JaVale McGee played 16 years in the NBA, 4 more than Deron Williams, who played 12. JaVale McGee had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Deron Williams had his rookie season in 2005-06. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	JaVale McGee	Deron Williams
Season	2008-09	2005-06
Team	Washington Wizards	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	75	15.2	6.5	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.3	0.4	1.0	0.8	2.1	2.5	5.2	.494	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.660
difference:	+5	+13.6	+4.3	+1.2	+0.3	+1.5	+4.2	+0.4	+0.8	-1.0	-0.8	+1.7	+4.9	+.073	+1.1	+2.7		+0.2	+0.5	+.044
Deron Williams	80	28.8	10.8	0.4	2.0	2.4	4.5	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.9	4.2	10.1	.421	1.1	2.7	.416	1.2	1.7	.704
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher JaVale McGee nor Deron Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	JaVale McGee	Deron Williams
Season	2010-11	2007-08
Team	Washington Wizards	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	79	27.8	10.1	2.8	5.2	8.0	0.5	0.5	2.4	1.3	2.9	4.2	7.6	.550	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.9	.583
difference:	+3	+9.5	+8.7	+2.4	+2.7	+5.0	+10.0	+0.6	+2.1	-2.1	-0.5	+2.7	+6.0	+.043	+1.0	+2.6		+2.3	+2.1	+.220
Deron Williams	82	37.3	18.8	0.4	2.5	3.0	10.5	1.1	0.3	3.4	2.4	6.9	13.6	.507	1.0	2.6	.395	4.0	5.0	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Deron Williams	12	42.8	21.6	1.3	2.3	3.6	10.0	0.6	0.3	3.1	2.9	7.5	15.3	.492	2.3	4.7	.500	4.3	5.5	.773

Season 5
	JaVale McGee	Deron Williams
Season	2012-13	2009-10
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	79	18.1	9.1	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.3	0.4	2.0	1.1	2.3	3.8	6.7	.575	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.4	.591
difference:	+3	+18.8	+9.6	+1.3	+0.5	+0.8	+10.2	+0.9	+1.8	-2.2	-0.4	+2.7	+7.2	+.106	+1.3	+3.4		+3.0	+3.1	+.210
Deron Williams	76	36.9	18.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	10.5	1.3	0.2	3.3	2.7	6.5	13.9	.469	1.3	3.4	.371	4.4	5.5	.801
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	6	18.7	7.2	2.8	2.3	5.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.8	2.8	3.0	5.2	.581	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	3.0	.389
difference:	+4	+21.1	+17.1	+2.4		+2.5	+10.2	+0.3	+0.6	-1.2	-0.9	+3.7	+9.7	+.131	+2.0	+5.1		+7.7	+8.1	+.413
Deron Williams	10	39.8	24.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	10.2	1.0	0.4	3.0	3.7	6.7	14.9	.450	2.0	5.1	.392	8.9	11.1	.802

Season 6
	JaVale McGee	Deron Williams
Season	2013-14	2010-11
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	5	15.8	7.0	2.0	1.4	3.4	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.2	3.4	7.6	.447	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
difference:	+60	+22.1	+13.1	+1.4	+2.0	+0.6	+9.9	+1.0	+1.2	-1.9	-0.3	+3.2	+7.4	+.008	+1.6	+4.9		+5.2	+6.1	+.155
Deron Williams	65	37.9	20.1	0.6	3.4	4.0	10.3	1.2	0.2	3.5	2.9	6.6	15.0	.439	1.6	4.9	.331	5.4	6.3	.845
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher JaVale McGee nor Deron Williams played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	JaVale McGee	Deron Williams
Season	2014-15	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	23	11.1	4.6	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.8	3.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.667
difference:	+32	+25.2	+16.4	+0.4	+1.0	+0.6	+8.6	+1.1	+0.5	-3.2	-0.9	+5.3	+14.1	+.125	+2.1	+6.2		+3.7	+4.1	+.176
Deron Williams	55	36.3	21.0	0.4	2.9	3.3	8.7	1.2	0.4	4.0	2.2	7.1	17.5	.407	2.1	6.2	.336	4.7	5.5	.843
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher JaVale McGee nor Deron Williams played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 9
	JaVale McGee	Deron Williams
Season	2016-17	2013-14
Team	Golden State Warriors	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	77	9.6	6.1	1.3	1.9	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.7	4.1	.652	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.505
difference:	+13	+22.6	+8.2	+1.1	+0.5	+0.6	+5.9	+1.3	+0.7	-1.7	-0.9	+2.3	+7.1	+.202	+1.5	+4.2		+2.0	+2.0	+.296
Deron Williams	64	32.2	14.3	0.2	2.4	2.6	6.1	1.5	0.2	2.2	2.3	5.0	11.2	.450	1.5	4.2	.366	2.7	3.4	.801
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	16	9.3	5.9	1.4	1.6	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.5	1.9	2.6	3.5	.732	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.722
difference:	+4	+26.4	+8.6	+0.8	+1.0	+0.2	+5.5	+1.0	+0.7	-1.8	-0.7	+2.4	+9.2	+.337	+1.5	+4.4		+2.2	+2.7	+.078
Deron Williams	12	35.7	14.5	0.6	2.6	3.2	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.6	5.0	12.7	.395	1.5	4.4	.340	3.0	3.8	.800

Season 10
	JaVale McGee	Deron Williams
Season	2017-18	2014-15
Team	Golden State Warriors	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	65	9.5	4.8	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.1	3.4	.621	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.731
difference:	+3	+21.6	+8.2	+0.5	+1.4	+0.9	+6.1	+0.6	+0.6	-1.9	-0.9	+2.3	+7.9	+.234	+1.3	+3.4	+.367	+2.4	+2.7	+.103
Deron Williams	68	31.1	13.0	0.4	3.1	3.5	6.6	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.3	4.4	11.3	.387	1.3	3.5	.367	3.0	3.5	.834
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	13	12.2	6.5	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	3.0	4.5	.672	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.667
difference:	+7	+19.8	+5.3	+0.7	+3.7	+3.0	+5.2	+1.1	+0.8	-2.3	-1.5	+1.5	+7.0	+.281	+1.8	+4.2	+.423	+0.5	+0.5	+.190
Deron Williams	6	32.0	11.8	0.5	5.7	6.2	5.5	1.3	0.0	2.7	3.0	4.5	11.5	.391	1.8	4.3	.423	1.0	1.2	.857

Season 12
	JaVale McGee	Deron Williams
Season	2019-20	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	68	16.6	6.6	1.8	3.9	5.7	0.5	0.5	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.9	4.5	.637	0.0	0.1	.500	0.8	1.2	.646
difference:	+4	+9.3	+4.4	+1.6	+1.8	+3.4	+5.1		+1.3	-1.4	-0.1	+1.2	+4.9	+.199	+1.3	+3.6	+.137	+0.6	+0.5	+.180
Deron Williams	64	25.9	11.0	0.2	2.1	2.3	5.6	0.5	0.1	2.2	2.2	4.1	9.4	.438	1.3	3.7	.363	1.4	1.7	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
JaVale McGee	14	9.6	2.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.6	1.6	1.4	2.3	.625	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.1	.500
difference:	+4	+5.0	+1.4	+0.9	+0.9	+1.8	+1.6	+0.5	+0.6	-0.3		+0.2	+1.3	+.187	+0.7	+1.6	+.387	+0.5	+0.5	+.409
Deron Williams	18	14.6	4.3	0.2	1.1	1.3	2.1	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.6	1.6	3.6	.438	0.7	1.7	.387	0.6	0.6	.909